peel

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   To remove the skin or outer covering of.
2. 2
   To remove something from the outer or top layer of.
3. 3
   To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
4. 4
   To remove one's clothing.
5. 5
   To move, separate (off or away).
6. 6
   To play a peel shot.
7. 7
   To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).
8. 8
   To plunder; to pillage, rob.
9. 9
   Misspelling of peal (“to sound loudly”).

Noun

1. 1
   The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
2. 2
   The action of peeling away from a formation.
3. 3
   A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.
4. 4
   A stake.
5. 5
   A fence made of stakes; a stockade.
6. 6
   A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.
7. 7
   A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
8. 8
   A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
9. 9
   The blade of an oar.
10. 10
    An equal or match; a draw.
11. 11
    A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
12. 12
    Alternative form of peal (“a small or young salmon”).

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname.
2. 2
   A placename: A town in the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC2484).
3. 3
   A placename: A former county in Ontario, Canada, abolished in 1974.
4. 4
   A placename: A regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada, created in 1974.
5. 5
   A placename: A region south of Perth, Western Australia.
6. 6
   Robert Peel, British Prime Minister.